Melissa Hunter — an electrical engineer from Austin, Texas
Jeff Mangum — a rental car manager from Louisville, Kentucky
Becky Anderson — a retired software specialist originally from Morganton, North Carolina (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Becky | $-200 | $2,000 | $9,200 |
$17,401
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,200
14 R, 2 W |
| Jeff | $2,400 | $6,200 | $13,200 |
$20,000
New champion: $20,000 |
$12,200
16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Melissa | $5,000 | $9,200 | $17,400 |
$8,399
3rd place: $1,000 |
$16,400
25 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| THERE ONCE WAS THIS MAN FROM... | THIS WILL SLAY YOU | IT'S A COUNTRY THING | NAME THAT MAMMAL | MODERN TECHNOLOGY | WORDS FROM PLACES |
|
$200
[21]
...Ohio / With a walk on the Moon in his bio / He went to Purdue / Took 1 small step, too / An American hero, no lie-o
Neil Armstrong
Becky
|
$200
[26]
A poisoned one of these is the traditional hunting weapon of the Kalahari's Gwikwe people
arrow
Becky
Jeff
|
$200
[1]
Hat dance &jumping bean
Mexican
Becky
|
$200
[6]
Has webbed feet; lays eggs
a platypus
Melissa
|
$200
[13]
Sealy makes these with "advanced memory foam technology"
mattresses
Melissa
|
$200
[11]
This type of formal clothing for men is named for a town in New York
a tuxedo
Becky
|
|
$400
[22]
...Paree / Blind in an accident at 3 / Thanks very much / He made reading by touch / Helping millions of people to "see"
(Louis) Braille
Jeff
|
$400
[27]
This woodsman's tool is said to "fall" when a worker is fired
an axe
Melissa
|
$400
[2]
Measles &potato salad
German
Melissa
|
$400
[7]
Sega's Sonic is one
a hedgehog
Melissa
|
$400
[14]
In 2008 Michael Phelps & NASA teamed to reduce drag on these & created "the world's fastest" one
a swimsuit
Jeff
|
$400
[12]
The paper for this type of envelope was originally made from hemp of a certain Philippine city
manila
Melissa
|
|
$600
[23]
...Old Greece / Socrates' student, at least / Here's the chronology / Wrote an "Apology"/ Now the clue, it will cease
Plato
Melissa
|
$600
[28]
18th C. gunmaker Robert Wogdon made the finest flintlock pistols designed for these affairs of honor
duels
Melissa
|
$600
[3]
Channel &saddle
English
Melissa
|
$600
[8]
Adult males are called silverbacks
gorillas
Melissa
|
$600
[15]
The February 2008 decision to abandon HD DVD technology gave a market victory to this rival video format
Blu-ray
Becky
Melissa
|
$600
[18]
This type of resort is named for the Belgian town famous for mineral springs
a spa
Melissa
|
|
$800
[24]
...Kentucky / Who moved to Texas, quite plucky / Created a knife / Then lost his life/ The Alamo turned out unlucky
(Jim) Bowie
Becky
|
$1,000
[30]
(Alex reports from a swordsmith shop in Tokyo, Japan.) The sword maker must be careful to get the proper amount of this element in his steel to ensure proper hardness; too much of it, however, & the sword becomes brittle
carbon
Jeff
|
$800
[4]
Elephant &ocean
Indian
Melissa
|
$800
[9]
1 of the 2 whose names end in "beest"
a wildebeest (or a hartebeest)
Melissa
|
$800
[16]
Los Alamos now has the fastest computer; it was designed using technology from this Sony gaming system
PlayStation 3
Jeff
|
$800
[19]
This word for the last & completely destructive battle comes from the place the battle is supposed to happen
armageddon
Jeff
|
|
$1,000
[25]
...New York / A gov. firm against pork / He's the winner, he's prez / The Chicago Trib says / But he lost & he felt like a dork
(Thomas) Dewey
Jeff
|
DD
$2,000
[29]
This word for a small dagger is an Italian diminutive
stiletto
Melissa
|
$1,000
[5]
Bacon &whiskey
Canadian
Jeff
|
$1,000
[10]
Marsupial that comes in a Virginia type
opossum
Jeff
|
$1,000
[17]
ASIMO, one of these, differentiates multiple voices using 8 microphones & Hark software
a robot
Becky
|
$1,000
[20]
This color, a brilliant purplish pink, is named for a northern Italian city
magenta
|
| 18th CENTURY AMERICA | PRO CHEERLEADER SQUADS | PALINDROMIC YEARS | POETS' MONOGRAMS | THE NEW YORK TIMES: TRAVEL | "MEN" AT WORK |
|
$400
[26]
It was small, but had a big heart: it was the 1st Amer. colony to prohibit the importation of slaves, in June 1774
Rhode Island
Melissa
|
$400
[16]
In the NFC West:The Gold Rush
the 49ers
Jeff
|
$400
[21]
Mitt Romney wins an election to become a governor
2002
Jeff
|
$400
[7]
How do we love her?:EBB
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Melissa
|
$400
[6]
With its economy ailing, in 2008 this country offered $559 packages including air & 3 nights at a Reykjavik hotel
Iceland
Melissa
|
$400
[1]
Rediscovered c. 1900, the work of this Austrian monk was thought irrelevant to evolutionary theory
(Gregor) Mendel
Becky
|
|
$800
[27]
(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the Capitol Building in Williamsburg, VA.) In April of 1781, this general, an American traitor, helped British forces seize Williamsburg & raise the English flag over thecapitol
Benedict Arnold
Becky
|
$800
[17]
In the AFC East:The Flight Crew
the (New York) Jets
Jeff
Melissa
|
$800
[22]
The Soviet Union dissolves
1991
Melissa
|
$800
[8]
Nokomis knows him:HWL
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Melissa
|
$800
[12]
A "36 Hours" column showcased this city, with Molly Brown's Victorian Mansion & the mile high flea market
Denver
Becky
|
$800
[2]
This journalist said no one "has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses"
(H.L.) Mencken
Becky
|
|
$1,200
[28]
Yum! Chocolate manufacturing in the American colonies began in 1765 in what is now this state, in Dorchester
Massachusetts
Jeff
Melissa
|
DD
$1,000
[18]
In the NBA's Central Division:The Automotion
the Pistons
Melissa
|
$1,200
[23]
Tombstone has a famous gunfight
1881
Jeff
|
$1,200
[9]
She wove "The Harp Weaver":ESM (or ESVM)
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Becky
|
$1,200
[13]
At nytimes.com you can see a slide show of some of the hot spots to visit in this largest city in the UAE
Dubai
Jeff
Melissa
|
$1,200
[3]
This composer of "Amahl and the Night Visitors" won 2 Pulitzers for his work
(Gian Carlo) Menotti
Becky
|
|
$1,600
[29]
(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Monitcello, Virginia.) Until the early 1790s, this was Monticello's main cash crop, the cultivation of which Jefferson called "productive of infinite wretchedness"
tobacco
Melissa
|
$1,600
[19]
In California's capital:The Royal Court Dancers
the (Sacramento) Kings
Jeff
|
$1,600
[24]
Though having financial problems & shunned, Rembrandt still receives several important commissions
1661
Jeff
|
$1,600
[10]
He spoon-fed us "Spoon River":ELM
Edgar Lee Masters
Becky
|
$2,000
[15]
For a cheaper stay on this Caribbean island nytimes.com says head to Pointe du Bout instead of Fort-de-France
Martinique
Jeff
|
$1,600
[4]
This physician saw the benefit of a group practice after visiting the Mayo Clinic; he later started a clinic in Kansas
Menninger
Becky
|
|
$2,000
[30]
As a teenager, he wrote essays for a New England newspaper under the female pen name "Silence Dogood"
Benjamin Franklin
Melissa
|
$2,000
[20]
A midwestern N.L. team:Team Fredbird
the (St. Louis) Cardinals
Jeff
|
$2,000
[25]
Spanish missionaries relocate Mission San Carlos Borromeo to Carmel, California
1771
Becky
|
$2,000
[11]
Prominent Pre-Raphaelite:DGR
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
|
DD
$2,600
[14]
For a weekend getaway, the Frugal Traveler recommends this city of "O'Keefe, folk art & Frito pies"
Santa Fe
Jeff
|
$2,000
[5]
Yee-haw! He's the musician seen here, fiddlin' around
Sir Yehudi Menuhin
|
From a 1942 movie, No. 2 on Guinness' top 10 film quotes is a line that mentions this liquor
gin